Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB) is the flagship journal of the German International Relations community. According to a poll amongst German political scientists across various sub-fields conducted in 2009 it is also considered the best German-language journal in Political Science at large. ZIB publishes articles that make original as well as theoretically and methodically reflected contributions to the study of international relations. The thematic spectrum includes the entire range of IR, including IR theory, foreign policy analysis, international institutions, peace and conflict resolution, security policy, European integration, North-South relations, development policy, and international economic relations. The high quality of articles that are published in ZIB is ensured through double blind peer review. ZIB was the first journal in German Political Science to introduce such a process. Since its founding in 1994 ZIB has greatly contributed to the professionalization of the German IR-community and can be considered a key source for thematic stimuli on theoretical, methodological and empirical levels at the edge of contemporary IR research. Website: www.zib.nomos.de
The Holy See continuously expanded its diplomatic network in the transformations of international relations since the end of the 19th century. The increase was synchronous with the growth of sovereign states in the process of decolonization....
A little more than 20 years ago, members of the DVPW Section on International Relations founded a mailing list. Since then, generations of researchers and students have subscribed to (and certainly often unsubscribed from) the ib-liste. Inspired by...
Intelligence studies are a growing field in Germany, and IR scholars are at the forefront of this development. This special issue seeks to contribute to this dynamic trend. The academic literature on intelligence is largely split into two, closely...
This article addresses the growing criticism of Intelligence Studies and International Relations (IR) which, so far, has largely ignored intelligence agencies and cooperation. Therefore, I propose a conceptual reorientation in research on...
This article offers a new theoretical approach to intelligence studies. Based on the intellectual history of the reason of state, I argue that exceptional national and transnational activities of the intelligence services are enabled by the inner...
Analysing intelligence services remains a niche subject in German political science. The few works that can be found are frequently based on neo-realistic assumptions. However, postmodern approaches like critical intelligence studies offer fresh...
This paper proposes to use the theory of practices and fields to analyse signals intelligence as part of International Relations (IB). This perspective requires critical reflexivity, relational thinking, and a close connection between theory and...
Russia’s war against Ukraine started with a nuclear threat Putin’s against the West. More explicit threats by the Kremlin followed. The West takes these threats and the general danger of Russian nuclear weapons use serious and warns about...